Category Archives: Local News
Trick or Treating will still take place but some Halloween activities won't
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Trick or treating will still take place around Branch County on Halloween this year but some other activities will not happen due to COVID-19 restrictions. Coldwater City Manage...
Sep 30, 2020 Daniel Lewis / CC
Pollack asks for approval on 911 surcharge ballot request
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Sheriff John Pollack is telling voters the current 911 Central Dispatch communications equipment must be replaced and a yes vote is needed on the November 3 ballot...
Sep 30, 2020
Over 7,100 Branch County absentee ballots have been requested
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The election is less than five weeks away but some have already voted so they can ignore the robo calls, the mail pamphlets and the endless and sometime annoying political a...
Sep 30, 2020 Aaron Tait / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: DOVE Ag Services donates funds to UC Dome project
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - Jon & Sandy Silsby of DOVE Ag Services has donated funds needed to repair the metal on Union City's iconic Dome and create the topper. The Dome Committee would like to than...
Sep 30, 2020
Council introduces ordinance to help stores locate in residential areas with special use approval
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved the introduction of an ordinance on a 6-3 vote Monday night which amends Codified Ordinances as well as Planning and Zoning Codes in order to...
Sep 29, 2020
CHS Graduation for Class of 2021 pushed back to June 13
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Community School Board of Education approved a revised Graduation ceremony date for the Coldwater High School Class of 2021 on Monday night. Graduation has been ch...
Sep 29, 2020 Larsen Stadium at Coldwater High School (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Branch Adult Ed suspends in person classes for rest of week following positive COVID-19 test
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Out of an abundance of caution, the Branch County Adult Education Program at Coldwater High School is voluntarily suspending all in-person English as a Second Language and GED c...
Sep 29, 2020 Bryan Alexander / CC
Coldwater's Hostetler qualifies as National Merit Scholarship semifinalist
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater High School senior has qualified as a semifinalist in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. Tate Hostetler is one of only about 16,000 semifinalists across th...
Sep 29, 2020 Coldwater High School (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UC teen arraigned on five charges following May property damage incidents
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Union City teenager was arraigned in Branch County District Court on Monday after being charged in connection with a series of property damage incidents on May 10. Following a...
Sep 29, 2020 Patrick Feller / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: CBPU calls Household Hazardous Waste collection a success
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Officials for the City of Coldwater say last Saturday's Household Hazardous Waste Collection at the Branch County Fairgrounds was a success and they were floored by the turnout....
Sep 29, 2020
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